Author: jacquelineobyikocha

A wordsmith with a vivid imagination, an eager mind and a burning desire to carve out tales. As I journey with my muse to that land of all possibilities and self discovery, I hope my personal evolution will serve as a beacon of inspiration for anyone who chooses to stop by.
Philosophy of Life

Today I Struggle…personal

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Today I struggle to find joy because I feel sick to the pit of my stomach.

There are days that one wakes up and your faith in humanity is shaken to the core, but in the raging storm lies a quiet voice that whispers to my soul.

The arm of flesh will surely fail you if you look to things that are transient. Keep your eye’s on the things that satisfy that no man can take away. It’s normal to want everything to go as we would like in our lives and around us and a lot of times it fails to go that way.

May we find the strength to hold on to things far more tangible that our souls may remain in a state of gratitude. For even in trying times, the goodness of the Lord will prevail.

Today, I struggle to shake off the foreboding of the dark clouds that paint the horizon…

© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

Featured Blogs

Featured Posts – Share Your Post Links

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‘PLEASE KEEP SENDING IN THE LINKS.’ 

Today’s featured blogs posts are:

Do step in and show some love.

Results and Actions A simple encounter can teach a whole lot.

At some part of life everyone needs someone to offer a shoulder at odd times ,to tap back at tough times,to advice at thorn paths,to love us as what we are when all the world left us alone!

“Our future actions are the results of present decisions and our present actions are results of the past decisions”

Bludgeon one word A short read for you.

Chalk the block Take a look. Fantastic eye candy!

From darkness to light Do you believe that at the core of every living thing, there’s light?

So life goes on A blog that I follow closely. Poignant, painful and real stories of adoption.

‘Do you want more eyes on your words?’

Well then, add your LINK INTO THIS LOOP.

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Thank you for your understanding and regards.

‘We create a cohesive community when we come together.

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Wordless Wednesday

Scrumdedilicious – Wordless Wednesday

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Would you like some 😉

Have you been to my new site? Please visit The Art of Beautiful Expressions.

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My Thinking Corner

Tuesday Trickles – My Thinking Corner

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It takes a lot of patience with yourself to recognize your faults and to own them.

It equally takes twice the humility to resolve that you’ll do better in the future.

Ultimately, it takes patience to master and improve on who you are and whatever it is that you are doing. Anticipating instant success in changes that concerns us only opens up our thoughts and attitude towards impatience and frustration.

May you not tire in running your race.

Jacqueline

Every Tuesday, I share snippets of thoughts that I call ‘My Thinking Corner.’

I would like to invite you to participate. The challenge is quite simple. You can check this link for more details.

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Writing

Essential Writers Tips 6

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Write Dangerously

Telling your best story in the best possible way that you can is the goal of a writer and sometimes this might involve stepping away from conventional writing and taking a risk with your writing.

Risk taking writing pushes your writing out of the box that you’ve nicely fitted it into, to another level.

Grab their attention with that opening line and hold it as you take off from there. In these days of Kindle and fast read, the action gets fast real quick like a jet zooming to take off.

This doesn’t imply that a story shouldn’t have the best calm, soft and gentle opening that’s ever been written, of course, it could, but that opening should be tight and grasp its readers’ attention.

If you are opening up with a love scene, make it sizzle without being off-putting, plant innuendos that make a reader want to know more or even afraid to know more – take a risk and allow your characters to lead their story without stifling and reshaping their thoughts too much. Read More

Rononvan's Weekly Haiku Challenge

Brutal – Ronovan writes weekly haiku challenge

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Life in the jungle is brutal

The Cheetah pursued with power and grace

The gazelle raced for her life

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The race is not to the fleet,

neither power, a free gift

but wisdom from above trumps them all.

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© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

Ronovan writes weekly haiku challenge prompt ‘Power & Race.’ You can join us.

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Short Stories

Forever 16

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Maria placed the bouquet of lilies by the corner of the bridge that she had turned into a little memorial. Opening the small forget-me-not box she added another note to the growing pile of notes tied in little ribbons.

Each year she did the same thing, but each year neither made the pain easier nor took her guilt away. No day passed without her thought racing a thousand times to Lily.

Today is Lily’s birthday. She would have been 24 but she remains forever 16. Today is the 8th year that her daughter had drowned in the cold river.

Leaning on the brown cobbled wall of the old bridge, Maria allowed her salty tears to flow freely like the breeze that fluttered her hair.

She never ceased to wonder why; why she hadn’t noted that her daughter had needed help; why Lily had chosen to jump into the river.

The guilt that she had failed as a mother sat like an unwieldy boulder in her soul.

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Thank you, Joy, for the photo and Priceless Joy for hosting this charming platform where we unleash our stories:-)

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A Click A Day · Mundane Monday

Bicycle Junction – Mundane Monday

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Mundane Monday Challenge is created to find beauty in almost everything.

The challenge is simple. Find beauty in everyday mundane things, capture the beauty and upload the photographs.

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I just love the rustic, used look of these hardworking bicycles.

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Blog

An Effective Poll Adds Value To Help Build Your Blog

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Do You Use Polls?

There’s a reason why businesses run periodic polls/surveys because it helps them understand the demographics of their customer base and needs and ultimately helps them make strategic business decisions. Polling could save them from certain vulnerabilities, prevent threats to their business and boost their business immensely. It delivers valued feedback.

You might be wondering what your blog has to do with running a survey or poll if you are not selling any product? To state it succinctly, from the onset, you should think and treat your blog/site as your business even when you are not yet selling any tangible item. You are trading your words for attention/readership of an audience.

You are also showcasing your words perhaps for talent hunters and when you think of it from this perspective, it helps you refocus your thoughts on the significant ideas that could be the building blocks of your blog, it could also help you to know the weak links on your blog. The responses of your readers from a poll could yield many leads to topics to look into or write about. As a matter of fact, this post on polls emanates from a question asked by a reader – so, I’m taking a cue from that, thank you, Idle Muser 🙂 READ MORE

Featured Blogs

Featured Posts – Share your post links

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‘PLEASE KEEP SENDING IN THE LINKS.’ 

Today’s featured blogs posts are:

Do step in and show some love.

Augustus Writes a Poem  Did you know that a fish has opinions and can write a poem? Well, I’m meeting Augustus the first time as well and I must say that he’s an interesting fish 😉

My Silver Streaks Another new feature in this space. Visit my Silver Streaks index pages and say hello.

Casey Elizabeth Bean Introducing Casey’s blog.  In her own words below:

Small town Texas girl with big hair, big dreams and a dog named Pickles. Let me give you great advice that I probably won’t ever take!

Not copycat poor Shakespeare What are you inadvertently teaching your young offspring and others? Are you likely passing on a cycle of generational actions that you are not aware of?

Enough We are enough! This post resonates with me because it reminds me of my young struggling self, till I realized that I AM ENOUGH.

‘Do you want more eyes on your words?’

Well then, add your LINK INTO THIS LOOP.

Comments are disabled here to keep the loop tidy. Any comments or link you want to send can be added through the link in the post.

Thank you for your understanding and regards.

‘We create a cohesive community when we come together.

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